Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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camping
in a sea of stars
the lighthouse moon
camping
what cicadas don't know
in the last of their cries
camping
thunder shakes the tent
in its ropes
camping
the shadows of a dance
out of the flames
open tent
a crow watches me
from the swaying branch
camping
birds will be birds
such chatter about dawn
camping
eggs
when twigs become a nest
camping
even as I slap mosquitoes
the buzz of the fire
open tent
green and brown caterpillar
in a beak
lake camping
all the fireflies
of the other side's
camp fire
stirring the coals
I fall to a dream
river camp
each coffee sip
a new sunset
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